I voted the outer court is the gentile area. The treading of the holy city by gentiles is said to last forty-two months. This corresponds to half of the final week of the 70 weeks of Daniel (Dan. Dan. 9:24-27)
I believe it is the latter part of the tribulation...when the antichrist and (moslems?) "gentiles" commit the abomination of desolation and thus resulting in Yeshua haMeshiach to come blow them away and begin the millennium.
Thank you for your view.
The Greek word #833 is used only 12 times in the NT and only in the Gospels of Matt, Mark, Luke and John and 1 time in Revelation.
Most of those in the Gospels concern the Court of the High Priest, where Jesus was taken for trial:
Matthew 26:3
Then were gathered together the Chief-priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the Court/aulhn <833> the Chief-priest who was called Caiaphas
Mark 14:54
And Peter followed him afar off, even into the Court/aulhn<833> of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
Luke 22:55
And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the Court/aulhV<833> and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
John 18:15
And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the Court/aulhn<833> of the high priest.
Revelation 11:2
and the
Court/Fold/aulhn<833>, the *without/in of the
Sanctuary, be Casting-Out! out-side and no her thou should be measuring,
833. aule ow-lay' from the same as 109; a yard (as open to the wind); by implication, a mansion:--court, (sheep-)fold, hall, palace.
Strong's Number
G833 matches the Greek αὐλή (
aulē), which occurs 12 times in 12 verses
STRONGS NT
833: αὐλή
αὐλή, αὐλῆς, ἡ (ἄω to blow; hence) properly, a place open to the air (διαπνεόμενος τόπος αὐλή λέγεται, Athen. 5, 15, p. 189 b.);
1. among the Greeks in Homers time an uncovered space around the house, enclosed by a wall, in which the stables stood (Homer, Odyssey 9, 185; Iliad 4, 433); hence, among the Orientals that roofless enclosure in the open country in which flocks were herded at night, a sheepfold:
John 10:1,
16.
2. the uncovered court-yard of the house, Hebrew חָצֵר, the Sept. αὐλή, Vulg.atrium. In the O. T. particularly of the courts of the tabernacle and of the temple at Jerusalem; so in the N. T. once:
Revelation 11:2 (τήν αὐλήν τήν ἔξωθεν (Rec.st ἔσωθεν) τοῦ ναοῦ). The dwellings of the higher classes usually had two αὐλαί, one exterior, between the door and the street, called also προαύλιον (which see); the other interior, surrounded by the buildings of the dwelling itself. The latter is mentioned
Matthew 26:69 (where ἔξω is opposed to the room in which the judges were sitting);
Mark 14:66;
Luke 22:55. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Häuser; (B. D. American edition under the word ; BB. DD. under the word ).
3. the house itself a palace:
Matthew 26:3,
58;
Mark 14:54;
Mark 15:16;
Luke 11:21;
John 18:15, and so very often in Greek writings from Homer, Odyssey 4, 74 down (cf. Eustathius 1483, 39 τῷ τῆς αὐλῆς ὀνόματι τά δώματα δηλοῖ, Suidas col. 652 c. αὐλή. ἡ τοῦ βασιλέως οἰκία. Yet this sense is denied to the N. T. by Meyer et al.; see Meyer on Matthew, the passage cited).
1) among the Greeks in Homer's time, an uncovered space around
the house, enclosed by a wall, in which the stables stood,
hence among the Orientals that roofless enclosure by a wall,
in the open country in which the flocks were herded at night,
a sheepfold
2) the uncovered court-yard of the house. In the O.T.
particularly of the courts of the tabernacle and of the temple
in Jerusalem. The dwellings of the higher classes usually had
two, one exterior, between the door and the street; the other
interior, surrounded by the buildings of the dwelling itself.
The latter is mentioned Mat. 26:69.
3) the house itself, a palace
https://www.bible-history.com/jewishtemple/JEWISH_TEMPLEThe_Court_of_the_Gentiles.htm
The Temple precincts was divided into 4 courts:
- The Court of the Priests
- The Court of Israel
- The Court of the Women
- The Court of the Gentiles
https://www.bible-history.com/links...econd+Temple&subcat_name=Court+of+the+Priests
Second Temple:
Court of the Priests
Common Israelite men could approach God as far as the Court of Israel, but they could not enter the Court of the Priests.
The Chambers Around the Court of the Priests by Edersheim The account which Jewish tradition gives of these gates and chambers around the Court of the Priests is somewhat conflicting, perhaps because the same chambers and gates may have borne different names. It may, however, be thus summarised. Entering the Great Court by the Nicanor Gate, there was at the right hand the Chamber of Phinehas with its 96 receptacles for priests' vestments, and at the left the place where the high-priest's daily meat-offering was prepared, and where every morning before daybreak all the ministering priests met, after their inspection of the Temple and before being told off to duty. Along the southern side of the court were the Water-gate, through which at the Feast of Tabernacles the pitcher with water was brought from the Pool of Siloam, with a chamber above it, called Abtinas, where the priests kept guard at night; then the Gate of the Firstlings, through which the firstlings fit to be offered were brought; and the Wood-gate, through which the altar-wood was carried. Alongside these gates were Gazith, the hall of square polished stones, where the Sanhedrim sat; the chamber Golah, for the water apparatus which emptied and filled the laver; and the wood-chamber. Above and beyond it were the apartments of the high-priest and the council-chamber of the 'honourable councillors,' or priestly council for affairs strictly connected with the Temple. On the northern side of the Priests' Court were the gate Nitzutz (Spark Gate), with a guard-chamber above for the priests, the Gate of Sacrifices, and the Gate of the Beth-Moked.
The Court of the Gentiles
The entire Temple compound was considered holy, but it became increasingly more holy as one entered farther in, from east to west. King Herod had enclosed the outer court with colonnades and it was referred to as the Court of the Gentiles because the "gentiles" (non-Jews) were permitted to enter the Temple area. They could walk within in it but they were forbidden to go any further than the outer court. They were excluded from entering into any of the inner courts, and warning signs in Greek and Latin were placed that gave warning that the penalty for such trespass was death. The Romans permitted the Jewish authorities to carry out the death penalty for this offence, even if the offender were a Roman citizen. It was for this alleged crime that Paul was attacked and nearly beaten to death by an angry crowd during his last visit to Jerusalem (Acts 21:27-32).
It was into these outer courts that Jesus came and drove out the money-changers who had been accumulating wealth by using the Temple as a place of merchandise.